How Long

She might not know it, but she wears my heart on her sleeve And I know this for sure by the hole in my chest And the bloodstains that run down her street And I can't deny all the times I've tried Tried to get her out of my mind Boy, I believe you, it's not easy to do It's just going to take some time How long? How long am I going to feel this way? Cause it's been almost one year since the last time that I saw her face That pretty little girl with the smile of a sheep The style of a wolf with drawn fangs And once in a while, I still walk down the road Down the street where we had lived I bet you're hoping to see her and not really need her And thinking to yourself How long? How long am I going to feel this way? How long? How long until something washes this away? Cause each dam's still burning and water's still drowning in flame At night when I sleep, her ghost crawls in my sheets I hear her voice calling out my name Man, I'm not going to lie I've fought and I've tried so hard to push it away Boy, I see right through you You loved her You still do Only time will heal your pain How long? How long am I going to feel this way? How long? How long until something washes her away? Cause she wears me down, man She wears me out like the knees in my blue jeans And I can only patch them so many times with whiskey Before it starts killing me Yeah, she wears me down, man She wears me thin like the threads in that old dress Like the one I got for her out in Albuquerque When I was heading home from the west coast She might not know it, but she wears my heart on her sleeve Cause I stitched on tight the last in November The last day that she had seen me